Kafr Surname

591,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Kafr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kafr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria3101:62,2612,877
Iraq2101:166,7704,170
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kafr (291) may also be a first name.

Kafr Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kafr Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kafr (Arabic: كفر) is held by more people in Syria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kafr? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 591,720th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. Kafr occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kafr live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Levant. Kafr is also the 517,703rd most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 291 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Syria, where it is held by 310 people, or 1 in 62,261. In Syria it is primarily found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 95 percent reside and Homs Governorate, where 5 percent reside. Not including Syria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 40 percent reside and Yemen, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khafr893/
Kaifer80345/
Keafer80171/
Kayfer8010/
Kofr7553/
Kefr751/
Kaiffer7335/
Keaffer7310/
Khaifer733/
Kaifere731/
Kheafer731/
Khofr675/
Ccafr672/
Koufr671/
Caffr671/
Kofrz671/
Keifer603,277/
Kojfer6058/
Keyfer6030/
Keiffr600/
Kefffr600/
Keeffr600/
Keiffer551,820/
Cafrova5542/
Kofrová5539/
Koyffer551/
Kofrova551/
Qafrova551/
Kheyfer551/
Keipfer550/
Qaffrova504/
Caffrova501/

Kafr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kafr in the Arabic language
كفرkfr-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kafr
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